: the range within which one may hear a person's unaided voice
waited until he was out of earshot
Examples of earshot in a Sentence
They were within earshot of each other.
babysitters should remain within earshot of young children
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And now this only child is camped out in her apartment and is having a lot of phone sex with any number of lovers, all within earshot of his dying mother.
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Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Apr. 2026
Reef House Elevated above the sand and in earshot of the waves, Reef House at Rosewood Little Dix Bay offers a fresh farm-to-table dining experience that is singular in Virgin Gorda.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2026
And now this only child is camped out in her apartment and is having a lot of phone sex with any number of lovers, all within earshot of his dying mother.
—Isle McElroy, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
Paige Bueckers announced her greatness to anyone within earshot.
—Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
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“Earshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earshot. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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earshot
noun
ear·shot
-ˌshät 
: the range within which a person can hear another's unaided voice
waited until he was out of earshot
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